ENG vs IND: India Updated Test Squad for England Tests. Check Official Update

The Indian team is busy preparing for the England test series starting from August 4 at Trent Bridge. The WTC Final which was won by New Zealand must have given a good insight to the team management about their combinations and style of play. In the combination point of view, the team also needs to get their priorities right regarding playing 3 pacers and 2 spin options or 4 pacers and 1 spinner. The injury concerns have also kept the team in doubt about their whole squad.

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India Updated Test Squad for England Test series

The 3 players of the Indian squad have been injured and 2 replacements have been called in to fill the gap. The finger injury ruled out Washington Sundar from the remaining of the tour. While, Avesh Khan also sustained thumb injury and the x-ray results have confirmed a fracture. Both the players injured themselves during the warm-up match between India and County XI. The opener Shubman Gill sustained a sheen injury during the WTC Final and will not be available. The team management has called in Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw as their replacements.

Here is the tweet posted by BCCI:

? NEWS ?: Injury & replacement updates – India’s Tour of England, 2021

More Details ? #ENGvIND

— BCCI (@BCCI) July 26, 2021

India’s squad: Rohit Sharma, Mayank Agarwal, Cheteshwar Pujara, Virat Kohli (Captain), Ajinkya Rahane (vice-captain), Hanuma Vihari, Rishabh Pant (wicket-keeper), R. Ashwin, Ravindra Jadeja, Axar Patel, Jasprit Bumrah, Ishant Sharma, Mohd. Shami, Md. Siraj, Shardul Thakur, Umesh Yadav, KL Rahul, Wriddhiman Saha (wicket-keeper), Abhimanyu Easwaran, Prithvi Shaw, Suryakumar Yadav

Standby players: Prasidh Krishna, Arzan Nagwaswalla

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Rise of Suryakumar Yadav and Prithvi Shaw

The opener Prithvi Shaw who was dropped from the test team after the Australia test series will be back for the series against England. His performances in the Vijay Hazare Trophy, IPL and then Sri Lanka series have been too good for giving him an another chance.

Another batsman from Mumbai, Suryakumar Yadav who had been banging the door for past few years is having a dream year. After getting named in the limited-overs squad, his performances have been terrific and there has been room of complacency. Due to his natural ability to play swing bowlers, he will be an asset to the test team.

Both the players are currently playing for Indian in the limited-overs series against Sri Lanka.

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